Thanksgiving At My House

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday in the United States. It’s a time to be thankful for all of the blessings in my life. This year is especially different at my house, because my oldest daughter has moved out and gotten her own apartment with one of her friends.

It’s bitter sweet really, you see she graduated early and it’s very rewarding to watch her grow up to be a responsible person. It also starts another chapter in her life and mine. She has lived with me for 17 years. I miss her when she’s not here, but I also love that she is growing up and taking action in her life.

My youngest daughter is learning how to drive and just got her first job.

I am thankful that they both decided to eat at my house this year. We had my mother-in-law over for Thanksgiving dinner and both girls were here. It was nice. Every other year we have my mother-in-law over alternating years for Thanksgiving and Christmas. That way I don’t have to eat two huge meals on each holiday.

Next year I will go to my Mom and Dad’s house for Thanksgiving, and spend time with my sisters, nieces and nephews, my girls usually go along for that celebration as well. Although, my oldest may be doing something different with her life by then. Time will tell what she decides to do and where she wants to go. I am proud of her for everything she has accomplished so far in her life.

Step 1) An overview of the basic original Facebook algorithm

Edge–think of edge as a post on Facebook (your content of the post) Every time you are creating a post, you are creating a new edge.

Affinity is the relationship between the user and the edge creator

Weight measures the popularity, like a ton of comments or shares.

Time is how old the post is. The older the post, the less it will be seen

Step 2) Comment, like, and share

The golden rule of Facebook edge rank. The more you engage in other people’s content, the more your content will be seen by others.

Step 3) Private messages

Messages between two people will cause Facebook to show your content to the people you have private messages with.

Step 4) Ask Questions

Use topics that are trending or controversial, or even questions that you want to know the answer to.

Step 5) Identify your post type

Which types of posts get you the best engagement? Pictures, texts, questions, links, videos, etc…

Step 6) Revive old status updates

When you comment on an old status, you can bring them back to life and recirculate them into the newsfeed.

Step 7) The best time of day to post

Review past posts and find out what time of day gets the best engagement.

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Attraction is not a choice!

Attraction is not a choice. Remember the movie A Christmas Story?You know, Ralphie and the Red Rider Be Be Shot Gun? He was attracted to the gun. Everyone, even Santa Claus told him he was going to shoot is eye out. Ralphie was completely obsessed with getting the be be gun. He was attracted to it.

Attraction is chemical. When you are attracted to something there is literally a chemical attraction in your body. You have to have it or you feel like you’re going to die if you don’t get it. They will do anything to get it. You can read the book Magnetic Sponsoring by Mike Dillard, to learn more, you can find the book on my suggested reading page.

What attraction is not about…

Attraction is not logical. If you are trying to market on a logic level you will always fail.

Your MLM or DS Company you were attracted to the person who sold you the business.

Attraction is not about your product or service, capture page or blog.

If you want to succeed, you must take on the male/alpha role. You must first believe that you can help protect the people before attraction can take place. This explains why most people fail even when they have followed all of the directions given to them. It’s all about the thought behind the action or the intention that rules how other people react to what you are doing.

When you decide to take the dollar sign out of the equation is when the people show up and stay.

If you are serious about your business, you have already figured out that mindset is 97% of the battle. Mindset needs worked on daily. This is where most business owners struggle. They don’t value their mindset. They worry about making the almighty dollar, but are putting out negative energy and wonder why they are struggling in their business. You have to put your mindset above everything else. It needs protected, and nurtured.

You know, the negative voices inside your head that creep up on you when you least expect it? The worry, the what if’s, and all of the other stuff that has built up in your life from things that have happened in your past that have no use in your future.

A year an a half ago, I found a great community that is private and safe to share and grow. It’s called the Deep Abyss. It’s my favorite place to hang out the third Thursday of every month at 9PM Eastern time.

You see, I had no idea how bad I desperately needed this group of people in my life. Nor did I realize the transformation that would take place in my mind and my business because of this community.

The best part is, tonight is the two year anniversary of the Deep Abyss, you can come check it out.

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How To Create an Effective Facebook Live

Facebook Live is the newest Live Stream. If you are serious about your business, you are doing Facebook Live Streams.

But I don’t know how to do a Facebook Live!!

That’s ok. It’s really easy. All you need is a smart phone. Go to your wall or your business page, hit the go live option, type in a topic that you’re going to discuss and hit the Go Live button.

Now you know how to start a Facebook Live, what do you do when you’re there?

Facebook will tell you that your audience is being compiled. What I usually do then is tell people what my website is and send them to my blog, I also mention they should sign up for my newsletter. By then, people are hopping on. I welcome them and ask them to tell me where they are from in the comments. I also tell them if they want to know when I go live to hit the subscribe button, and if they are getting value to go ahead and share it out (the share button is on the bottom left corner)

Then I start teaching on the topic that I posted before I started. Still engaging with my audience.

When I am done teaching and answering questions, I give them a call to action. A call to action is sending them to my website, a free training or signing up for my newsletter.

I have a sheet HERE you can download if you would like to have these tips available for you at all times.

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Believe In Yourself

Believe…Believing in yourself and knowing you can do something is key.

Thinking about doing something is a form of procrastination. A coping mechanism for fear . Over thinking and not acting on something is a form of stress.

So when you think, over think, and DON’T act – thinking that the answer will “come to you” – it results in stress and overwhelm.

“Success” is actually not an end goal. It’s an ACTION. It’s the result of having the guts, the will, the INNER KNOWING that you TRUST yourself.

Trust is learned by repeated failure.

When we are babies, we are born to trust. But over time, do to friends, family, life experiences, we start to DOUBT ourselves. We are taught that there is some sort of security in being like others. To want things that other people have. To live a life that will ‘create security.’

There is no guarantee in life. So in fact, the definition of success SHOULD be, enjoying the ACTION you are doing, creating, selling, putting forth, SO MUCH that no matter the result, you not only trust you are capable of handling the results, but you achieved success merely just by DOING.

Your greatest risk in life is NOT DOING. NOT trusting yourself enough. Fearing judgement from others.

Believing in yourself is NOT a sales tactic. It’s the gift of this one life.

5 Ways To Increase Your Belief

Accept your uniqueness. You are unique, and individual. You are different from everyone else. Embrace your uniqueness!

Stop trying to please everyone. You can NEVER please everyone ALL the time…don’t even try. It’s not worth the stress.

Take challenges head on until completion. Don’t do anything half assed. Finish what you started.

Keep learning and growing. The best leader is one who never stops learning.

Get around people with the same vision as you. You are the equivalent of the 5 people you hang out with the most.

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3 Reasons Why People Aren’t Buying Your Stuff

You’re a hard-working entrepreneur ready to “live the dream.” So you put yourself out there. You’re doing the Facebook live videos, ‘scoping”, blogging, and doing your best to be seen. And you see movement. People are “liking” your posts, you’re getting engagements, and think you’re going to make a sale.

But nothing. Despite your increasing list, your visibility, every time you mention your product or service… you hear crickets. False promises. Or people who are tuning in for more “free”.

If this sounds familiar, don’t worry – you’re not alone. Despite all of your hard work and efforts, it’s not that you don’t have the best intentions – it’s just that you haven’t discovered the secret to selling success.

A selling strategy that works does not entail “just putting yourself out there.” There are actually 3 common mistakes that many entrepreneurs make when trying to create their success. It comes down to a few subtle but important shifts you need to make to turn your stagnant selling into selling success.

MISTAKE #1: YOU’RE SELLING THE WRONG PROBLEM

The big mistake that businesses often make is they think converting prospects into clients means getting your name out there, getting people to know who your business is and building your list.

But thatʼs not it at all.

What your potential clients really want, is not YOU – they want the result to their urgent problem.

You see, you’ve been focusing on the wrong goal. You thought the goal was to get them to work with you – and that’s not it. I mean, I know you are the bomb-dot-com, but if you’re trying to sell them how great you are and how you can give them the solution, that’s not what they want.

Huh?

You see, they don’t need to care that YOU are the person that can deliver the result. Your potential client isn’t and doesn’t want to look for YOU. They want an answer to their urgent problem.

Additionally, youʼre not going to convince people to do something that they aren’t already thinking about. Yes, there are a lot of “persuasion” techniques out there, but REAL, AUTHENTIC selling is about helping people understand how to solve their problem. Your job is to get their attention by showing them how to do something thatʼs already on their mind.

Once you realize your audience is after a result, you want to meet them where they are NOW (the urgent problem) and show them how they can get the result. The result is NOT to work with you. It’s to get the “thing behind the thing.”

Sell them what they want, give them what they need. You see, what you do in your business is just what you do. But what people actually buy is actually “the thing behind the thing”.

People are buying the EMOTION/FEELING they get after they get the thing you sell. If you want to hang a picture at home, you need a hammer and nails. You don’t WANT the hammer and nails, you want the picture hung on the wall so you can be proud of your pretty home.

If you are struggling with your weight, you don’t hire a holistic health coach because you want to go on a torturous 7 day detox… you want to LOSE WEIGHT and fit into the jeans you wore in high school so you can feel sexy and skinny.

If you are struggling to make money in your business, you don’t want to have to learn systems, sales funnels, creating a website – and you actually don’t want just the business – you want to do what you love, make money, have freedom so you can HAVE YOUR FREEDOM BASED LIFE.

MISTAKE #2: YOU’RE GIVING BUT DON’T WANT TO GIVE AWAY TOO MUCH

Show them how to get what they want.

I know, I know. You don’t want to give away too much information so you’re doing what I call “low level” marketing. Many entrepreneurs fall victim to the belief that people won’t understand how amazing their product or service is, and they don’t want to exclude people – so you’re strategy is to promote “easily consumable” information.

That’s great, but if you are trying to attract quality clients – clients who want to pay you what you are worth, just giving information or things that aren’t actually helping them closer to the result they want, and is just a lot of information, you aren’t doing the ONE thing that will get them to understand why they need to hire YOU. And that is, build CONFIDENCE.

Information is FREE, and people that want free, who have a lot of time to spend looking and consuming free, are not necessarily the people looking to spend significant money.

The goal of a successful marketing strategy is to get them to TRUST you because you help them TRUST THEMSELVES. You lead them closer to you when you make them a more confident buyer. With the information you provide, they can now hire anyone – not necessarily you – but if you gave them answers to problems they are struggling with – who do you think they will turn to in the end?

MISTAKE #3 – YOU DON’T WANT THEM TO FEEL LIKE YOU’RE “SELLING” THEM

Uh oh! You chose the wrong career.

As a business owner, it is your job to – ummm – SELL THINGS. Yes, selling your products and services is a part of business. If you are just hiding your offer at the bottom of a blog post, or “hoping” they will ask you what you do or find you so interesting that they will check out your website, you’re doing what I call “introverted marketing”.

The reality is, if you are speaking to people who have an urgent problem and they are your ideal client, when you mention your product or service, and if you’ve built their trust in you and them, selling is EASY. In fact, it’s not really “selling” – it’s just you telling them how to get the answer they have been looking for.

When was the last time you were at a store looking for a specific item and someone said “What can I help you find?” and you felt victimized like they were selling you???

Do you ever feel “sold” when a waiter comes to your table after dinner and brings the dessert tray and offers you one?

This is about the art of “positioning” – or what I call Personal Influence™ – which is the Art & Science of changing the lens in which you see yourself, which changes the lens in which others see you.

When you have an answer to someone’s urgent problem, and you know how to position yourself so that they see you as a trusted authority, it is your job to ensure they get the help they need. Which is you, your properly positioned business, and the unique solution or you can provide.

I heard this phrase once and you should write it down:
There are only 2 things you need to know in life. What you want, and how to get it.

There are 2 things your ideal clients need to know to become your client:
1. What they want
2. How to get it

Be the solution to your own problem. Remember, people do business with people they TRUST. Integrity speaks volumes.

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How To Reach Your Greatest Potential

You can’t get better and reach your greatest potential unless you are aware of the things that are holding you back and FIX them.

INCREMENTAL steps forward are so positive in multiple ways:
√ Small changes are easy to do and easy to make regular habits or make changes to STOP things that aren’t working that are merely “patterns”
√ Taking small steps EVERYDAY don’t produce immediate results but in 30,60,90 days – you would be astounded at the results
√ Humans are pattern making machines so if 95% of thought is unconscious, you are not consciously aware of what is DEPLETING your success

So look back at the last week
√ What worked that you need to do more of
√ What didn’t work that needs to stop/change
√ What needs to be added to get to your next level

I can’t emphasize how critical this is to your long-term success. Just like if you eat 100 extra calories a day, by the end of the year you could wake up FAT…don’t do that!

Don’t be like these dogs in this comic strip either! LOL

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How To Stop Wasting Time In Your Business

We all have had this problem at one point in time, but probably weren’t aware you were wasting time. I used to waste a lot of time, especially when I first started my business. I would get caught up in all kinds of things that distracted me from my goals. My husband liked to relax and have me play video games with him…big time waster…

I had to stop validating places where I was wasting time to become successful at business.

When I started working on personal development, I became more aware of when I was wasting time.

I became more conscious of the time I spent with kid drama (I have two teenage girls), scrolling through my news feed on social media aimlessly, and what I did when I was driving.

How did I fix it?

I started documenting how I spend my time, every hour of the day. Could I stay up later, or get up earlier, did I waste time scrolling through my newsfeed, etc.

Productive time is spent doing income producing activities, and spending quality time with my family. My family is my why, but I could not spend a ridiculous amount of time with childhood arguments either.

I reduced the time from every hour to every half hour. I have become very efficient with my time. I am not perfect by any means, but I am much more aware of what I allow myself to do. Writing it down is key!

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Do You Have Haters?

I do. I think we all do. People become haters because they are jealous of you and your success. They want to secretly be where you’re at, so they lash out with negativity.

They’re afraid to do a video, so they tell you what is “wrong” with your video.

They’re afraid to take a cool picture of themselves and post it on social media, so they tell you what’s wrong with your picture.

They’re afraid to do a webinar, so they concentrate on what went wrong on the webinar that you just did.

They don’t like you being positive, so they inject negativity on your posts.

You accidentally spelled a word wrong, so they tell you right away that you spelled a word wrong…really???

If I had all this time to go around criticizing people I would be making no money in my business at all…oh wait!!

That’s another problem…they criticize people all day long, so yeah, they’re not making any money in their business, because they are too busy worrying about what everyone else is doing “wrong.”

I made a mistake this morning with an email, sent out an “ooops I’m sorry” email and got an unsubscribe and a complaint…LOL!! Really??? Someone complained about me apologizing. So far, that was the funniest part of my day!

Everyone who is having success has had at least one person decide to hate on them about something. If you are truly worried about success, you will not even entertain the idea of bringing your negative energy to the table.

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